Cheryl Crisp, Ph.D., RN, PCNS-BC, CRRN

Assistant Professor, Nursing

Phone:

812.348.7241

Email:

ccrisp@iupuc.edu

Department:

Division of Nursing

Campus:

IUPUC

CC Room 250A4601 Central AvenueColumbus, Indiana 47203

Biographical Statement

I have worked in the field of pediatric nursing for more than 30 years. My specific population of interest is children with disabilities and their families, a group that captured my heart very early in my career. I have worked as a floor nurse, home care nurse, long term care nurse, pediatric intensive care nurse, nurse educator, pediatric clinical nurse specialist, and finally as an assistant professor. I have long wanted to give the families of children with disabilities a voice. This was the impetus for me going back for my doctoral degree and my work in research with families of children who use a speech generating device.

Education

Associate of Science in Nursing, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 1980.

International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2008-2009

National League of Nursing, 2012- present

Courses Taught

S483 Clinical Nurse Practice Capstone, 2003-2004

S484 Research Utilization Seminar, 2003-2004, 2012, 2013

B231 Communication for Health Professionals , 2011-2012

B230 Developmental Issues in Health, 2012-2012

Administrative & Service Responsibilities

Synergy (nursing faculty coordination), 2011-present

Academic Affairs, 2012-2014

Faculty Senate, 2012-2014

Grievance Board, 2012-2014

APA coordinator, Division of Nursing, 2013-present

Sigma Theta Tau International Campus Counselor, 2012-2014

Research Activities

Completed Master's Studies

Pilot research study: How Parent’s Evaluate Self-Esteem in their Non-Verbal Child with a Disability. Served as Co-investigator of this exempt study using narrative analysis to study how parents evaluate the self-esteem of their child who is unable to speak and has a disability. Spring 2002.

Crisp, C. (2007). Are PEGs Making Dinosaurs of Other Types of Enteral Tubes. Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, Omaha, NE

Crisp, C. (2009). Out of the Chrysalis of Silence and into a World of Possibilities: FamilyExperiences of Having a Child using a Speech Generating Device, Institute for Interpretive Phenomenology, Indianapolis, IN

Crisp, C. (2009) Poster: No One to Help Me: Family Frustrations with Their Child’s AACDevice, Sigma Theta Tau International Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Crisp, C. (2009) The Role of the Nurse in Using SGD for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients, Sigma Theta Tau International Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Crisp, C. (2010). Out of the Chrysalis of Silence, into a World of Possibilities. Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, Kansas City, MO